Bursch

[bʊʁʃ]

/[bʊʁʃ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bursch” is uncommon German (frequency #65,072 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,072
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - junger Mann

Corpus desk

Index DE-bursch · Bursch · German

Bursch · rank #65,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,072
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bäckermeister

Nearest frequency peer: Bäckermeister (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Bursch“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bursch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bursch
PropertyValue
HeadwordBursch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bʊʁʃ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#65,072
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bursch“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Burschfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bäckermeister“ (#65,073), „burak“ (#65,070), „Böhmens“ (#65,074). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bursch“ bei #65,072. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bursch is uncommon German at frequency #65,072 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bʊʁʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Bursch, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bursch, spelled B-U-R-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    junger Mann
  2. 2
    Verbindungsstudent mit allen Rechten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bursch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „In dieser Szene lernte der junge Bursch auch seine späteren Opfer kennen.“
  2. In einer schlagenden Verbindung kann ein alter Bursch nur gegen einen anderen alten Burschen antreten.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bursch"?
"Bursch" is spelled B-U-R-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [bʊʁʃ].
What does "Bursch" mean?
As a noun, "Bursch" means: junger Mann
How do you pronounce "Bursch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bursch" is [bʊʁʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bursch" come from?
"Bursch" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bursch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Calder#65,079Collie#65,085Bommel#65,056Darfur#65,097

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list